Which to use
“annulé” and “annulée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,364
- “annulé” frequency rank
- #10,630
- “annulée” frequency rank
- 16994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | annulé | annulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a pris une valeur nulle. | Féminin singulier de annulé. |
Same sound, different letters: annulé vs annulée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. annulé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against annulée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: annulé vs annulée
This is the hard kind. annulé and annulée are pronounced identically (\a.ny.le\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “annulé” sits inside “annulée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
annulé is recorded at frequency rank #6,364, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ny.le\. annulée is at rank #10,630, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ny.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 16994, this pair ranks #385,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of annulé vs annulée
Shared letters: alnué. Private to "annulé": -. Private to "annulée": e.
"annulé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "annulée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "annulé" and "annulée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "annulé" / "annulée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "annulé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "annulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "annulé" and "annulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "annuité vs annulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #385,309 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.